Person plunges from Loop building
An unidentified person was killed after plunging from a Loop building Thursday morning.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office said the victim either fell or jumped from a building at State and Adams Streets. There was no further information available as of press time.
Kennedy Expressway reopened
All lanes and ramps on the Kennedy Expressway reopened Thursday morning shortly before 4:30 a.m. following a pavement-buckling construction mishap that had thrown the morning’s commute on the roadway into serious doubt. Crews worked through the night to repair the northbound lanes at Adams Street.
Marisa Kollias, an IDOT spokeswoman, said the fact that it didn’t rain Wednesday proved “huge” and enabled repairs to be quickly completed.
Peterson won’t contest lawsuit
Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson won’t contest efforts by his homeowner’s insurance company to remove itself from a wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, his attorney said Thursday.
Peterson, jailed in lieu of $20 million bond, is charged with murder in the death of third wife Kathleen Savio. In April, Savio’s family filed a wrongful death suit.
